THEY'RE THE TOYS WITH AN ATTITUDE

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 28, 1992                   TAG: 9202280132
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CINCINNATI                                LENGTH: Short
THEY'RE THE TOYS WITH AN ATTITUDE
A new line of toys with names such as Puke Shooter, Eye Pus, Projectile Vomit and Chunk Blower has found a place in the schoolyard, but the alien creatures on wheels have a group of suburban teachers up in arms.
"What are children supposed to do with Projectile Vomit and Eye Pus? I don't even want to think about it," said music teacher Margaret Secker.
"They're not just selling a toy, they're selling an attitude," said Secker, who with colleagues at Mann Elementary School in suburban Loveland are protesting Kenner Products' new "Savage Mondo Blitzers" line of toy figures.
"I think it's outrageous. Everyone in America should be on the picket line."
Lighten up, says Kenner.
"These aren't human figures. We're not trying to influence kids to be violent," said Krickett Neumann, manager of public relations and promotion services for Cincinnati-based Kenner. "These are alien, fantasy characters . . . just crazy, wacky figures on wheels."
Kenner, owned by toy giant Hasbro Inc., previewed the series of 48 action figures earlier this month at the American International Toy Fair in New York, following successful test marketing in Indianapolis.
Each 1 1/2-inch tall Savage Mondo Blitzer figure is part of a four-pack selling for $4.99.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB